Shillong, Nov 9 (PTI) Faculty members at the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) have strongly opposed the varsity’s decision to hold the 193rd executive council (EC) meeting of the institution in New Delhi on November 14, terming it a “wasteful and regressive move" that violates both ministry directives and prior agreements.

In a letter to the university’s pro-vice-chancellor, Prof S Umdor, NEHU Teachers’ Association (NEHUTA) said it was “strongly against the move" to convene the meeting outside the university’s Shillong campus.

The association alleged that vice-chancellor Prof PS Shukla, who has been “absent from duty at NEHU headquarters for nearly a year," is attempting to chair the meeting “in violation of the understanding reached earlier this year with the ministry of education a

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